رَكِبتُ أَعجازَ لَيالٍ مُظلِمَه

رَكِبتُ أَعجازَ لَيالٍ مُظلِمَه

مُطَرَّزاتٍ بِالصَباحِ مُعلَمَه

مُطَرَّزاتٍ بِالصَباحِ مُعلَمَه

I rode the haunches of dark nights,

I rode the hindquarters of dark nights,

embroidered with morning, emblazoned;

Embroidered with dawn, adorned with markings.

أَخطَرُ في بُردَتِها المُسَهَّمَه

أَخطَرُ في بُردَتِها المُسَهَّمَه

وَالرَوضُ في حُلَّتِهِ المُنَمنَمَه

وَالرَوضُ في حُلَّتِهِ المُنَمنَمَه

I strode proudly in their arrow-patterned mantle,

I strut in their arrow-patterned mantle,

while the meadow, in its finely figured robe—

And the garden is in its finely patterned robe.

قَد نَثَرَ اللَيلُ عَلَيهِ أَنجُمَه

قَد نَثَرَ اللَيلُ عَلَيهِ أَنجُمَه

وَالنَبتُ قَد دَنَّرَهُ وَدَرهَمَه

وَالنَبتُ قَد دَنَّرَهُ وَدَرهَمَه

its stars had scattered pearls upon it,

Night has scattered its stars upon it,

and the plants had adorned it: dinared it with gold, dirhamed it with silver.

And the plants have decked it with dinars and dirhams.